Extended released pills will not be absorbed by those of us with ileostomies since they're designed to be absorbed by the large intestine. If you can, try and fish one out and see if it's just the shell or if the entire pill is intact. You may have to ask your doctor for different meds or a liquid form.

Good luck.Ileostomy for 33 years due to UC

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Some meds take time to absorb and they aren't in there long enough. So maybe not getting full dose.

Some meds have a coating that leaks the meds out and there is a shell left that comes thru and looks whole but isn't. that's what my Dr. told me anyway.

I phoned pharmacy and they actually called manufactures and asked all about a new drug I was given. They were very helpful and nice about the whole thing.This heights by great men reached and kept, were not obtained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. H.W. LongfellowThyroid cancer removed 1988Stomach problems finally figured out 2001 Crohn's/ColitusTried every drug without much successColon/rectal cancer removed Aug 2009Trying

if its a regular pill with a score mark you can cut it in half so it will absorb faster, thats what i do with mine.UC for 8 years, before finally kicking its butt and having a permanent ileostomy April 17 2007!

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